Cosplay opportunity missed

[flemmings]

Went to take my lens out last night. Eye looked odd in the mirror. Closer inspection showed the quondam white was now a deep Dragon King red. Subconjunctival hemorrhage, it's called- don't click if close-ups of staring red eyeballs icks you- benign but very disconcerting.

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[chomiji]

Uh oh!

Will that freak out your young charges, or will they be entertained?

[flemmings]

Will they even notice? They're /very/ young. Otherwise, one just says 'It's an owie', which covers all cases.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

OOOhhh! It kind of does look like an escapee from a Zombie film. Impressive in a sick sort of way.

Hope it gets better soon ... Did you have to wear a gauze patch? The pirate look for a bit! I guess it's good it's been sort of cool for you lately (if you had to wear one that is)

Meanwhile we are still waiting for the rain! Gah! *shakes fist at weather*

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Much as I would like to cosplay a one-eyed man, or even a one-eyed dragon king, gauze and eye patches are not needed. No pain, no itch, no discharge, just the usual seasonal dryness, which is another reason not to wear my lens.

[mvrdrk.livejournal.com]

LOL! I had one of those just a couple months ago. I did go in to get it checked because I didn't now what it was! Much sympathy, as you'll be fascinating to all the littles and they will try to poke you in the eye.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Then I shall stay away from littles who are old enough to register that there's something wrong with my eye. I have no need at all of poking.

[incandescens]

Ouch. Definitely disconcerting.

I had lenses for a decade or so, but eventually moved back into glasses - work involved a lot of dense print (on books and on screen) and the work air conditioning was very variable, and glasses were just easier on my eyes.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

There's that problem with lenses and the presbyopic dry eye, amongst everything else- allergies, heating dryness, AC dryness, etc. Luckily I have one good distance eye and can operate with a blurry other one. Glasses were fine when I had two blurries except for the fogging problem and bicycling in the rain.

[incandescens]

It's true that having my glasses turned into streaming windows is one of the times when I most wish I was wearing contact lenses.